Like us, animals look up at the stars
Humans are not the only species longing for the light of the stars. Animals, too, use the stars as guides to find their way.
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Mar 2, 2018
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News tagged with dung beetles
Dung beetles' taste preferences uncovered
The first observational study of a dung beetle species on Langkawi Island in the Andaman Sea reveals insights about its tastes and what that means for the ecosystem.
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Feb 12, 2018
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How animals follow the stars
The stars have fascinated humankind throughout history, and we have developed ever more sophisticated means of interpreting them and using their positions to guide us (at least in a navigational, rather than an astrological ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 24, 2018
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Reduced impact logging still harms biodiversity in tropical rainforests
More than 403 million hectares of tropical forests worldwide have been earmarked for timber concessions with selective logging a common economic activity. The Brazilian Amazon alone holds around 4.5 billion m3 of commercial ...
Environment
Oct 23, 2017
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Scientists have worked out how dung beetles use the Milky Way to hold their course
Insects navigate in much the same way that ancient humans did: using the sky. Their primary cue is the position of the sun, but insects can also detect properties of skylight (the blue light scattered by the upper atmosphere) ...
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Apr 21, 2017
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Dung beetles found to reduce survival of livestock parasites
Scientists from the University of Bristol have found that dung beetles can help farmers by reducing the development and survival of parasites in cowpats that cause serious illness in cattle during the summer months.
Ecology
Nov 17, 2016
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New approach for environmental test on livestock drugs
Drugs for livestock can harm beneficial organisms that break down dung. Therefore newly developed medical substances need to be tested on single species in the lab. An international research group including evolutionary biologists ...
Ecology
Jul 27, 2016
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When dung beetles dance, they photograph the firmament
The discovery that dung beetles use the light of the Milky Way to navigate in the world has received much praise. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now taken a new step in understanding the existence of these ...
Plants & Animals
May 12, 2016
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New evidence connects dung beetle evolution to dinosaurs
Cleveland... Researchers have found an evolutionary connection between dinosaurs and dung beetles. An international team of scientists uncovered the first molecular evidence indicating that dung beetles evolved in association ...
Plants & Animals
May 4, 2016
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Tracing the ancestry of dung beetles
One of the largest and most important groups of dung beetles in the world evolved from a single common ancestor and relationships among the various lineages are now known, according to new research by an entomologist from ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 25, 2016
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